Cooperative Games, Trust Games, Initiative Activities
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BLIND SQUARE Equipment: Length of rope, blindfolds for everyone. (Use neckerchiefs.) Concepts: Handicap awareness, teamwork, cooperation, communication
Rules: Each participant must hold onto the rope with at least one hand at all times, blindfolds are to remain in place until they feel they have completed the figure. Questions: 1. What did the group think the purpose of this activity was? 2. How did being blind make you feel? 3. Ask them to describe what happened, how well did the person perform? Why? 4. How could the activity be improved? WEIGHT PULL Equipment: Heavy weight (about 200 pounds), pulley, strong/large diameter rope, timer. Concepts: Teamwork, cooperation, leadership Objective: To raise and lower a weight using a rope and pulley as often as possible in a given time. Task: A weight is attached to a rope running through a pulley or tackle. Each person in the group must hold the rope behind a set point and then raise and lower the weight as many times as possible in two minutes. Rules: The weight may not be dropped from the top of the pulley, a safety area is drawn on the ground six feet around the weight and no one is allowed to enter it. Questions: 1. What was the purpose of this activity? 2. Were you doing more or less work than you thought you should? 3. Did the group arrange itself in any particular order? 4. How were they arranged? 5. What was physically hard about this activity? 6. What was mentally hard about this activity? 7. How well did your group do? 8. What could you do to improve? MINUTE MEASURE Equipment: A watch with a second hand or a stopwatch. Concepts: Problem-solving, self-esteem Objective: To develop an awareness of the duration of a minute and to practice estimating time spans. Task: Ask the group to find a comfortable spot and sit down. Explain that they are going to estimate three minutes. Have them close their eyes and keep them closed. They begin timing on a signal from the instructor. At the end of one minute, each one should raise their hand with one finger up. At the end of two minutes, they should raise another finger. At the end of three minutes, they should open their eyes and put down their hand. Everyone should remain silent until everyone is finished. Rules: Everyone keeps their eyes closed until they are finished timing, everyone remains silent until the end of the activity. Questions: 1. How did you estimate the time? 2. For those who finished first, how did you feel? 3. What did you learn about yourself? 4. Are there other ways we tell time? 5. What are ways people use to estimate time? 6. If you did it again, what would you do differently? 7. Did you care if you were close or not? 8. Would you like to do this again to see if you could improve? 9. Did the time spent waiting seem to take longer? DIMINISHING LOAD Equipment: None Concepts: Problem solving, teamwork, cooperation, trust Objective: To move a group across an open field as quickly as possible. Task: Instruct the group that they are to get across an open field as quickly as possible. To get across a person must be carried. Rules: The first person must return to be carried across, if someone being carried across touches the ground, both must return to be carried across. Questions: 1.How did the group decide to solve the problem? 2.Did anyone become the leader? 3.How did the leader emerge? 4.What things did you have to think about before you started? 5.How did you feel when things didn't go as well as you wanted? 6.How did you deal with the feelings? HEIGHT ALIGNMENT Equipment: Concepts: Communication, problem solving, handicap awareness Objective: For the group to align themselves according to height. Task: Instruct the group to blindfold themselves. When everyone is blindfolded, tell the group to arrange themselves in a line according to height without speaking. Rules: No one may talk during the activity, blindfolds must remain in place throughout the activity. Questions: 1. What bothered you about not being able to speak? 2. How did you communicate? 3. Who became a leader? 4. How did you decide to lead or follow? 5. How did you know where to fit into the line? 6. What did you learn from this activity? ORDER OUT OF CHAOS Equipment: blindfolds Concepts: Communication, problem solving, leadership, teamwork Objective: Develop nonverbal communication in carrying out a task, try with blindfolds. Task: The group is blindfolded. Each member is assigned a number. Once the numbers are given out, the members must line up in proper numerical order without talking. Rules: No talking is allowed, blindfolds should remain in place until the task is completed. Questions: 1. What do you think is the purpose of this activity? 2. What ways did you see to solve the problem? 3. How did you try to communicate this solution? 4. What examples can of not understanding what someone was trying to say? 5. How did you deal with any frustration? 6. What kind of leadership came out of the group? 7. What did you like about how the group made decisions? REACH FOR THE SKY Equipment: Two inch masking tape or other marking material. Concepts: Teamwork, cooperation, communication Objective: To place a marker as high on an object (tree or wall) as possible. Task: Break the group into groups of five. The group is then to place a mark as high as possible on an object using resources of the group. Rules: The group may not use the object for climbing, only for placement. Questions: 1. What do you think was the purpose of the activity? 2. What was the best part? 3. What was the hardest part? 4. How did the group decide to proceed? 5. How well did you communicate with one another to solve the problem? 6. Did anything hamper communication? 7. When did the group cooperate in completing the activity? 8. How did cooperation lead to success in the activity? TRAFFIC JAM Equipment: Space markers Concepts: Leadership, decision making, communication Objective: To have two groups, of at least three people each, exchange places on a line of spaces. Task: Have the two group’s line up facing each other on the spaces. There should be one more space than the number of participants and that space should be in the middle, separating the two groups. The spaces should be one step apart. The groups are now to switch positions on the line. A's should move to the right of the center space and the B's should end up on the left of the center space. They must do this by following these procedures: 1.Stepping off to an adjacent empty square, or 2.Stepping around a person facing the opposite way to an empty space. Rules: Persons cannot move backwards, persons may not step around someone facing in the same direction, two people may not move at once. Questions: 1.What was the purpose of this activity? 2.Did a leader emerge and how did he lead? 3.How well did the group do and why? 4.If you disagreed with the group, how did you deal with it? 5.What did you like about this activity? ALL ABOARD Equipment: Stable two by two foot platform Concepts: Problem Solving, teamwork, cooperation, trust. Objective:. For an entire group to stand on a two by two foot platform without anyone touching the ground. Task: Everyone in a group must get off the ground and onto the platform. For groups of 10-15, a two by two foot platform is adequate. Use smaller or larger platforms accordingly. In order to be counted as on the platform, each participant must have both feet off the ground for five seconds. Rules: Everyone must have both feet off the ground, simultaneously, for 5 to 10 seconds. Questions: 1. What was the purpose of this activity? 2. Did it seem simple at first? 3. How difficult was the activity? 4. What made the activity go well or not? 5. What things involved teamwork? 6. Did everyone want to cooperate? 7. What did you learn from this activity? 8. How did you decide what to do? ROLL PLAYING Equipment: 1-3 or 4 balls, any kind and size Concepts: working together, creating a rhythm Objective: to move the ball around the circle as quickly as possible, from lap to lap without using the hands. Task: All sit in a tight circle, touching your neighbor, with the legs extended toward the middle. Place a basketball on the lap of one person in the circle. Move the ball around the circle as quickly as possible, from lap to lap but you can not use your hands. Add a couple of signals like: reverse, go, slow motion. You may add more balls. Add a smaller ball (like a softball or tennis ball and eventually a golf ball or ping pong ball). FOUR UP Equipment: none Concepts:: cooperation, focus on each other Objective: to have exactly four people standing at all times Task: Start with everyone sitting down. Anyone can stand up whenever they want to but you cannot remain standing for more than five seconds at a time before you sit down again. Then you can get right up again if you want to. The object is to have exactly four people standing up at all times. This game usually lasts about a minute, but what pandemonium and laughter is generated in that minute! WHITEWATER CASCADE Equipment: none Concepts: trust, cooperation, communication Objective: move a person along the "river on the laps of the seated people to the end. Task: Form a long, double line, facing each other. Sit opposite, with feet straight out and next to the side of the other’s hips. Tighten up the total line so everyone is snug. The line can curve. This works better outside and on a gentle slope of a hill. Now, people enter the river by laying flat on their backs, head down river. The lines begin to move the person along the rapids, with hands underneath and with knees raised as necessary to move the person along. Reflect feelings at the end and then join the river at the end COOKIE MACHINE Equipment: none Concepts: Cooperation, trust, communication Objective: Successfully bring one person from one end of the oven to the other end of the oven. Task: Form two lines that face each other, all standing shoulder to shoulder with elbows bent and forearm in front, palms up. The forearms should alternate, one player’s arm should each be flanked by the arms of players across from them. Everyone must bunch together very closely, with one foot forward and one foot back for balance. Now, a solidly built oven with a conveyer belt running down the middle has been built. Make sure all watches, rings and anything sharp are removed from the oven and glasses and belts from the cookie. The cookie stands at one end of the oven, announces what kind of cookie they want to be and slides them into the oven. The rest of the class are bakers and chant their cookie choice (Chocolate chip, chocolate chip ) as they bounce them along the conveyor belt, turning them over halfway through, until they pop out the other end, freshly baked. Make sure there are two strong bakers available to ease each cookie out of the oven. After the cookie is done they join the oven. SLIPPED DISC Equipment: Frisbee, plastic plate or metal cover Concepts: cooperation, communication Objective: Pass the Frisbee around the circle without using hands. Task: Everyone forms a circle on hands and knees with heads facing inward. A Frisbee is placed in the middle of one person’s back. The object of the game is to pass the object around the circle, from back to back, without using hands. If the object falls, it is picked up by hand and placed on the back of the last person who had it. The game continues until the disc is passed successfully around the entire circle. FOX AND SQUIRREL Equipment: 2 balls alike, 1 ball that is different Concepts: Passing skills, communication, thinking strategies Objective: for the foxes to catch the squirrel by tagging whoever is holding the squirrel ball with one (or both) of the fox balls. Task: Everyone stands in a circle and begins passing the fox balls from player to player. You may change directions but may only pass to the person next to you. You may throw the squirrel across the circle. Call out Fox or Squirrel each time you pass one of the balls. You may also pass the squirrel to your neighbor. GROUP JUGGLING Equipment: 1 ball per person (5-8 in a group) Concepts: Cooperation, tossing and catching skills. Objective: To pass the ball to all participants once, eventually add a ball per person Have everyone stand in a circle. First a pattern/throwing routine must be established. The first one throws the object to another person (not the one next to him/her). Then that person throws the object to another person. Once the pattern is made you must remember who you throw it to and who throws to you. The next step is to increase a ball with each pattern repetition. LINE-UPS Equipment: none Concepts: cooperation, communication Objective: line up by the way told, either communicating, non-verbal Task: 1. Line up by age: non-verbally, verbally 2. Line up by height: non-verbally, time them 3. Do these tasks blindfolded BODY SNATCHERS Equipment: none (could use blindfolds) Concept: Trust Objective: Avoid being snatched by the Body Snatcher Task: Choose one player as the evil invader from outer space and the rest go around with their eyes closed. The invading body snatcher gets to keep their eyes open. They creep up to an unsuspecting citizen and make whatever blood-curdling sound they want and that person becomes a new body snatcher. The last one left gets to be the new body snatcher. MINEFIELD Equipment: Paper balls, socks, plastic balls or anything that resembles a ball, mousetraps!!!, blindfolds for each pair Concept: Communication Objective: Verbally guide the blindfolded person across the minefield in as little time as possible. Task: Take the boundaries and spread out the mines. Find a partner and go to opposite sides of the minefield. One player is blindfolded and the other verbally tells them how to go through the field. If a mine is blown up (touched) a ten second time penalty is added to their final time. You can do this alone or the whole group together. It makes for better listening! HAGOO Equipment: none Concept: fun Objective: to travel across a distance without laughing/ to make someone from the other team laugh Hagoo means come here in Tlingit Indians of Alaska. Task: Two teams face each other, about 3 feet apart. Two players, one for each team, who stand at the opposite ends of the lines are challengers. They step forward and face each other down the length of the gauntlet. With a bow and the invitation Hagoo, they walk towards each other, breaking neither their eye contact nor their reserve. In the middle, they pass and continue to the end, determined to suppress their smile. The rest of the players may engage in any form of facial movements or noises but no touching. If you make it the whole length then you stay with your team. If you smile or laugh you join the other team. You play until everyone has done it or there is only one team. ROPE KNOTS Equipment: Length of rope about forty to fifty feet long Concepts: Communication, cooperation Objective: For the group to untie the knots without letting go of the rope Task: Tie three simple slip through knots at about the quarter, half and three-quarter points. Instruct people to take hold of the rope with one hand, making sure that there are 2,3,4 people along each quarter of the rope. The task is then to untie the knots without letting go of the rope. COUNTDOWN Equipment: none Concept: Cooperation Objective: Collaboratively countdown to 0. Task: Someone must start at the top of the numbers (if there are 10 in the group then the number is 10) and then someone else (not sitting next to that person) must say the next lower number. You must countdown to 1. Do not sit in a circle and there are no assigned numbers. The leader says countdown and someone starts with the highest number. If two people call the same number at the same time, the leader calls out Cancel the Launch, and they start over. If there is too long a pause in the countdown the leader can cancel the launch. MOBIL TEE PEE Equipment: Bell or gong, mats and stop watch Concept: cooperation Objective: Form a human tee pee in 120 seconds and move it Task: Give the ten people 120 seconds to build a human tee pee using all ten people. Next task is for the group to move the human tee pee from one point to another without breaking the tee pee formation. Have spotters. SQUARE FORM Equipment: Ball of yarn, blindfolds Concepts: Communication, cooperation Objective: To form a circle while holding the yarn and blindfolded Task: Have the players line up by their birthdays (month and date) starting with January. Put on a blindfold and give them the yarn and ask them to hold it and then as a group form a perfect circle. Take off the blindfolds when you think you have one. THE SHRINKING SHIP Equipment: 6-8 foot rope and stop watch Concept: team building, cooperation Objective: put everyone’s feet in the circle Task: Make the perimeter of the circle large enough to guarantee success. Everyone’s feet must be inside of the circle in fifteen seconds. Once they have experienced success from the first round, ask them if they would be willing to make the circle smaller. Continue as long as the group is willing. HOOP-DE-DOO Equipment: Hula hoop, rope, ball and weight Concepts: Tossing and catching skills, cooperation Objective: toss the ball through the hoop and someone catches it. Task: Hang a hoop and tie a weight at the bottom to steady it. Divide the group, with half going to opposite sides of the hoop. Have them toss the ball through the hoop and someone catch it on the other side. Do this until everyone has tossed and caught. Now the leader winds up the hoop so that it begins to spin. Begin the tossing and catching again. After a person has done the task they go to the end of the line on the other side of the hoop. WALK-A-HOOP Equipment: two hula hoops Concepts: cooperation, communication Objective: group to walk across the space without dropping either hoop without using their hands. Task: Use 6-9 people and divide them into 3 groups. The group at the center places their left leg inside one hula hoop, and right leg inside a second hoop. The side groups then connect to the opposite sides oh the hoops. The leader raises the hoops to knee level and tells them to put tension on it to hold it above the ground. They then have to walk across the assigned space without dropping either hoop. If the group drops the hoop, then have them return to the starting point and start again. HULA HOOP PASS Equipment: Hula hoop Concepts: Cooperation, communication Objective: Get the hoop around the circle of hand held people without letting go of hands Task: Form a circle and all join hands. Put the hoop on the grasped hands of two players. See how fast you can pass the hoop around the people in the circle without letting go of hands. You can add another hoop and make it go the other way. TEAM ACROSS Equipment: none Objective: cooperation, communication Object: Team must move across the field as quickly as possible. Task: A minimum of one team members’ entire body must be off the ground at all times. The entire group must be connected at all times. No one is allowed to run. If the person or persons being carried touch the ground at all or team members become disconnected then the entire team is disqualified. Works best in large groups of 15-20 CROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE Equipment: none except boundary lines Concept: communication, cooperation Objective: To cross the area without becoming detached. Task: Players line up with sides of feet touching. Group has an area which everyone must get around or across without feet becoming detached. If their feet become detached, the group must begin again. RING CROSS Equipment: Carpet squares for everyone, boundary lines Concepts: Cooperation, communication Objective: Line up by birthday and reverse the order by stepping on carpet squares. Task: Each member gets one square. They may not touch the ground. The squares may not touch each other. Have the group line up by the order of their birthdays. They are to cross the area so they land on the other side in the reverse order. In crossing they may only step on the squares and the squares must not touch each other or they start over again. You may step on someone else’s square. BODY PARTS MOVING Equipment: record : Hap Palmer, Movin, Concepts: Enhance body and spatial awareness, cooperation Objective: In groups of three move through space attempting to follow challenge’s Tasks: Move with: three feet touching the ground with hands on ankles Five body parts on the ground Some body parts at a medium level and some parts at a low level, All players on their side and connected to each other One person at a low level and two persons at a high level All players making a round and low shape, Lots of noise without using feet or mouths, All backs touching and very fast, Body parts being used so the group looks like a spider Yüklə 172,16 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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